The resultant wave is then amplified through an ac amplifier and gets rid of the drift. A low ac input signal is applied at the chopper. Just like input dc voltage, input ac voltatransistor’s ge can also be amplified without any drift.

It alternates the JFET between saturation mode and cut off mode. This amplified ac wave is peak detected to redeem the amplified dc output signal.Ī square input signal is applied to the gate terminal to make it operate as a chopper. It is then amplified using an ac amplifier, and no drift occurs. Then again, for a one-off, you're spending the $5 anyway.An input dc voltage is passed through a chopper, resulting in an alternating signal with the same peak voltage as the input dc signal. I see absolutely no reason for anyone trying to source those parts when the J202 works identically side by side. The TIS158's that I ordered were very expensive and only two were serviceable in the circuit without tuning. For $5 I'd give half of them away without thinking about it. The 3-week wait was worth it, and I have yet to be disappointed by my purchases from China. If you give eBay a second chance, I got 25 J202's from China with delivery for $5. Therefore I do not see a wide difference in FET performance per part number. However, I tend to buy new devices in larger quantities so I tend to get something that represents a lifetime supply of any given part, and they are likely plucked from the same production lot. Many will say there is a difference in FET performance from device to device, and in fact the spec sheets for most FET's have a pretty wide range for the Vgs voltage. A J201, J102, or 2N5457 cannot come close in response.

Not for the gain, but because a hot signal overloads very gracefully after +12dB. Rock stars put these at the end of their chain for good reason. I think it's a lost opportunity to have a more useful booster without the output network, but do what you need to do. The circuit itself is an an amplifier stage and offers about +14dB gain on top of the +12dB input.Ĭlone implementations of the EP-3 often have a resistive attenuator on the output cutting the net gain down to about +3dB.

What makes the EP-3 such a good preamp is that you can hit it with a boosted signal (about +12dB) with clean headroom. The TIS158 is about $25 for 5, and their response is all over the map. I got 25 of them for $5 and paid too much. I've taken a lot of data comparing to the original TIS158, and the drop-in winner is. It will build a single stage amplifier stage, but I certainly wouldn't call it an EP-3 preamp. I could write a couple of pages on the Echoplex EP-3 preamp, but suffice to say that the 2N5457 is not a good choice for the circuit.

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